Xitou Pagoda, also known as Niangniang Pagoda or Sisters Pagoda, is located in Xitou Old Village, Baishun, Nanxiong City, Shaoguan. The pagoda was built during the Song Dynasty. Originally a pair of pagodas, only one remains today. Xitou Pagoda is a hexagonal, five-story brick tower in the pavilion style. Its finial has been destroyed, and the remaining structure stands approximately 18 meters tall, though some sources say 14 meters. In 1997, Nanxiong Xitou Pagoda was listed as a cultural relic protection unit of Nanxiong City...
The Sacred Site Cliff Rock Carvings are located on the right side of the stone wall inside the mouth of Sacred Site Cliff in Xiaodong Village, Neiguan Town, Lianping County. They document the rock carvings where Han Jing, a native of Shangdang and magistrate of Longchuan County, funded the restoration of Sacred Site Cliff. Carved in the 18th year of the Shaoxing era of the Southern Song Dynasty (1148), the entire text covers an area of 0.8 square meters, with each character spanning 0.08 meters. The inscription, in intaglio regular script, reads…
Lianping Heshui Pagoda is located on Taling Mountain in Zhepi Village, Zhongxin Town, Lianping County. Built during the Ming Dynasty, it is a hexagonal seven-story pavilion-style brick pagoda with a hexagonal spire roof that tapers to a gourd shape, standing approximately 22 meters tall. The base wall is 0.65 meters thick, the doorway is 1.8 meters high and 0.65 meters wide. Each level of the pagoda’s exterior features a waist eave and false balcony, with corner pillars crafted in a bamboo-joint style...
The Tomb of Lian Shu and His Wife is located on Huangniling Hill in Yuanshan Town, Lianping County. This tomb was reconstructed in the 24th year of the Republic of China (1935), faces northeast while sitting southwest, and covers an area of approximately 12 square meters. It has a brick structure. The tombstone is inscribed with “Tomb of the 18th Generation Ancestor Lian Gong Boying, the Esteemed Lord, and His Wife Madam Liu, the Venerable Lady.” Lian Shu (1821–1838)…
The Shangyang Site is located under Jitouyan in Lianguang Village, Potou Town, Lianping County. It dates back to the late Neolithic Age. The site covers an area of approximately 2,000 square meters and was discovered in 1984. The cultural layer is about 1 meter thick. Excavated pottery includes cauldrons, tripods, jars, bean pots, and spinning whorls. The tripod feet feature a rich variety of shapes, with decorative patterns such as cord marks, grid patterns, and twisted...
Surrounded by mountains and water with flat terrain, Sanjia Agricultural Park is encircled by farmland and traversed by the Sanjia River, offering picturesque rural scenery. It is an eco-friendly resort integrating multifunctional activities such as agricultural production demonstration, leisure and entertainment, tourism and vacation, science education, and cultural experience. Opening hours: 08:00-18:…
The former military warehouses of the 75th Division, 62nd Army, National Revolutionary Army at Shangyan and Yaxia are located in Lianping County, Heyuan City. In 2015, they were designated as a Guangdong Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Unit by the People's Government of Guangdong Province. …
In Xiaoshui Village, Shangping Town, Lianping County, there is a bridge that attracts many tourists. It is the only ancient covered bridge in the entire city and a treasure in the history of ancient architectural landscape design in Heyuan. Combining practicality, aesthetics, and artistry, it plays an important role in the study of ancient architecture and local transportation history. Starting from Lianping County town along National Highway 10...
Changsha Dafu Mansion, located in Changsha Village, Longjie Town, Lianping County, was built during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. It was constructed by the ancestor of the Lai family, Lai Yunzhao, after he was granted the hereditary title of "Dafu" for three generations. The mansion faces south and is surrounded by hills on three sides. In front of its northern gate is a semicircular pond that remains full year-round. The interior layout of the mansion...
The Teapot Ear House is located in Chaxincun Village, Youxi Town. It earned its name from the “cauldron ear” shape—locally called “teapot ear”—of the decorative exterior wall on the front section of the building. Constructed in the seventh year of the Daoguang reign during the Qing Dynasty (1827), it was built by Xitong Gong, the 17th-generation ancestor of the Huang family who settled in the area. The house faces northeast and is built along a southwest axis. It features a four-courtyard, two-wing, one-enclosure style layout…
The Shuixi Cliff Inscriptions are located on the stone wall beside the road about 2 kilometers southeast of Xiaowu Village, Tianyuan Township, Lianping County. These inscriptions were engraved to commemorate the military campaign led by General Commander Yu Dayou and others in suppressing the peasant uprising led by Li Yayuan. The campaign concluded with their triumphant return to the capital in the 45th year of the Jiajing reign during the Ming Dynasty (1658). The inscribed text covers an area of 6 square meters, featuring 60 characters, each approximately 0.20 meters in size, carved to a depth of...
The Dashunjing Cliff Inscriptions are located in Dashunjing and Wild Duck Pool in Jiutan Village, Youxi Township, Lianping County. These are two cliff inscriptions related to mountain excavation and road construction, carved in the 21st (1593) and 22nd (1594) years of the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty. The Dashunjing Cliff Inscription is engraved vertically on the stone wall by the riverbank of Dashunjing, featuring the three characters “大嵩径” (Dashunjing), with an inscription surface measuring two meters in length and one…
The Guizhong Revolutionary Martyrs' Monument is located on Tongluoling Mountain in Guitang Village, Bitou Town, Lianping County, on the right side of the road from Bitou to Guizhong, about 1 kilometer from the Guizhong market. The monument faces southwest and is built in the shape of a square tower, constructed with red bricks, lime, and sand. It stands 4 meters tall and 1 meter wide, covering a total area of over 300 square meters. The front of the monument bears...
The Shangping Revolutionary Martyrs' Monument is located 60 meters west of Shuikou Bridge in Bulian Village, Shangping Town, Lianping County (originally built in Shangping Market, it was relocated to its current site in December 1980 due to street construction). The monument faces north and has a square tower shape, consisting of an inscribed stone and main body, constructed from bricks, stones, and lime. It stands 8 meters tall, with the base...
The Liberation of Lianping County Battle Site is located in the Yuan Shan Town area (the county seat) of Lianping County. After the liberation of Zhongxin, on June 2, 1949, the People’s Government of Lianping County was proclaimed at the Chang’an Inn in Zhongxin. In the first ten days of that month, Chen Zhongfu and Wang Biao, following orders from the headquarters of the Guangdong–Jiangxi–Hunan Border Column, arrived in Zhongxin and convened a meeting with Wei Hongtao of the Seventh Regiment of the Second Eastern Detachment...
The former site of the Communist Party activities at Zhepi South China Primary School is located in the ancestral hall of the Fourth Generation Ancestors of the Wu Clan in Zhepi Village, approximately 8 kilometers southeast of Zhongxin Town, Zhenyuan County, Lianping. The ancestral hall was built in 1930, and in 1931, the South China Primary School was established here (the school has since been relocated, but the building remains the Wu Clan ancestral hall). In the spring of 1941, underground Chinese Communist Party member Zhong Ming (from Wuhua County) …
The former site of the headquarters of the Longhe Squad, Dongjiang Overseas Chinese Anti-Japanese Service Corps, is located at Chahuerwu in Chaxincun Village, Youxi Town, Lianping County, approximately 500 meters from the Youxi Town government. The Dongjiang Overseas Chinese Anti-Japanese Service Corps was an anti-Japanese salvation organization formed by overseas Chinese from various Southeast Asian countries. In order to make full use of this public anti-Japanese salvation group, in January 1939, …
Taling Martyrs' Cemetery is located on Dadi Dun Mountain in Taling Village, Xiuduan Town, Lianping County, approximately 3.5 kilometers from Dahhu Market Town. Both Dahhu and Xiuduan were revolutionary base areas during the Anti-Japanese War and the Liberation War in Lianping County. During these struggles, many revolutionary martyrs emerged who were willing to sacrifice their lives for the freedom and liberation of the people...
The Beitou Guangdong Sixth Patriarch Yan Yan Ancient Temple has a long history, dating back approximately 1,700 years. According to an incomplete stele inscription preserved at the temple that reads “Huiyuan formed a society on Mount Lu,” the Beitu Yan Yan Ancient Temple existed more than 300 years ago, around the year 300 AD. This is because Huiyuan was a renowned Buddhist monk during the Eastern Jin Dynasty who lived by...
The Martyrs' Monument to Wu Jianchang is located halfway up Taling Mountain in Zhepi Village, Zhongxin Town, Lianping County. Wu Jianchang was a native of Zhepi Village, Zhongxin Town, Lianping County. In 1941, while studying at Huana Primary School in Zhepi Village, he actively participated in anti-Japanese salvation propaganda activities organized by underground Communist Party member Zhong Ming, and joined the Chinese Communist Party that winter. In 19…